#45B4EA#45B4EA

#45B4EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.126 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B4EA
RGB	rgb(69, 180, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -14.31, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 38.81, 248.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0748 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.126 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6209, 39.8444, 83.7448)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B4EA #EA7B45

analogous

#45EACD #45B4EA #4562EA

triadic

#45B4EA #EA45B4 #B4EA45

tetradic

#45B4EA #CD45EA #EA7B45 #62EA45

square

#45B4EA #CD45EA #EA7B45 #62EA45

split-complementary

#45B4EA #EA4562 #EACD45

monochromatic

#1273A2 #199AD9 #45B4EA #7CCAF0 #B3E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#45B4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#45B4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B4EA

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B4EA	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.126 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccaf1',
    500: '#45b4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b4ea;
$custom-light: #8ccaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.636,
    "s": 79.71,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B4EA

secondary

#E6BAA5

accent

#7232F6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B4EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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